Website Privacy Policy Samples for Counties

We have been receiving numerous questions regarding the privacy policies that SAVA requested be posted on local government websites. To help in your endeavors regarding this issue, attached are two sample privacy policies that can be used as guides (one for a website that does not collect any personally identifiable information and another for a website that does collect personally identifiable information) as well as some optional clauses. Depending on what information you collect, the clauses may need altering or more clauses may need to be added. If using these samples, please be sure to personalize them. DO NOT simply cut-and-paste this policy as is.

Examples of personally identifiable information collected on a website includes but is not limited to:

It is important to note that because this is a policy, it must be adopted. Whatever final policy you develop is up to you and will be your responsibility to maintain. Your county bears full responsibility for the policy that you post. Once a privacy policy is posted online, it is crucial that it is adhered to. An online service provider that doesn’t follow its privacy policy may violate state and federal consumer protection laws.